Editor's note: Originally published in November 2024. Updated November 2025. Also, this story has been updated to clarify when to add dried chiles in the recipe. This is an ingredient of extremes.

While butchering two whitetail deer with my buddy Cosmo Genova, I mentioned that I wished I liked the taste of organ meats and offal. Liver, heart, tongue, and even kidneys and testicles are ...